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Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics

Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to advances in optical manipulation, including orbital angular momentum, light beams, optical tweezers, structured light, plasmonic nano-optical tweezers, quantum communication, microfluidic sorting, singular optics, and spin-orbit interaction.

  • Optical Manipulation
  • Orbital Angular Momentum
  • Light Beams
  • Optical Tweezers
  • Structured Light
  • Plasmonic Nano-optical Tweezers
  • Quantum Communication
  • Microfluidic Sorting
  • Singular Optics
  • Spin-Orbit Interaction
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
56% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics

Which countries lead Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.6k and 595 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.6k works
  2. 2 United States 595 works
  3. 3 India 283 works
  4. 4 Russia 273 works
  5. 5 Japan 195 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 170 works
  7. 7 France 159 works
  8. 8 Germany 139 works
  9. 9 Spain 89 works
  10. 10 Italy 86 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 56.2%United States: 13.1%India: 6.2%Russia: 6.0%6 others listed: 18.5%56%largest
China2,551 · 56.2%United States595 · 13.1%India283 · 6.2%Russia273 · 6.0%6 others listed837 · 18.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 161 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 81 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 68 works
  4. 4 Shandong Normal UniversityChina 56 works
  5. 5 Xidian UniversityChina 55 works
  6. 6 Shenzhen UniversityChina 52 works
  7. 7 University of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyChina 49 works
  8. 8 Samara National Research UniversityRussia 44 works
  9. 9 South China Normal UniversityChina 44 works
  10. 10 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics include Yury G. Gogotsi, George M. Whitesides and Wei Huang.

  1. 1 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  2. 2 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  3. 3 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  4. 4 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  5. 5 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  6. 6 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  7. 7 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  8. 8 Daniel A. Bloch France 190k citations
  9. 9 V. Sharma France 178k citations
  10. 10 Chad Alexander Mirkin United States 165k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics?

The most cited paper in Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics is "Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes" (Leslie Allen, Marco W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw et al., 1992), with 10,522 citations. Next come "Light Propagation with Phase Discontinuities: Generalized Laws of Reflection and Refraction" (10,346) and "Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap for dielectric particles" (7,072).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes Leslie Allen, Marco W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw et al. · Physical Review A Jun 1992 10,522
2 Light Propagation with Phase Discontinuities: Generalized Laws of Reflection and Refraction Nanfang Yu, Patrice Genevet, Mikhail A. Kats et al. · Science Sep 2011 10,346
3 Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap for dielectric particles Arthur Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic, John E. Bjorkholm et al. · Optics Letters May 1986 7,072
4 A revolution in optical manipulation David G. Grier · Nature Aug 2003 5,145
5 Terabit free-space data transmission employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing Jian Wang, Jeng-Yuan Yang, Irfan M. Fazal et al. · Nature Photonics 22 Jun 2012 4,661
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Where is Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics research done?

The largest centres of Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in El Jadida, Samara and Orlando.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 380 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 196 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 187 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 162 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 120 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 120 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 102 works
  8. 8 ShenzhenChina 98 works
  9. 9 ChangshaChina 97 works
  10. 10 WuhanChina 95 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. El JadidaMA · 31.1 works59×
  2. SamaraRU · 77.8 works34×
  3. OrlandoUS · 31.1 works11×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing University, Shandong Normal University and Beijing Institute of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 18.2%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Nanjing UniversityBeijing Institute of…Shandong Normal Univ…Shenzhen University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Nanjing UniversityChina 73.125.1%9.1×40 +18.6%
2Shandong Normal UniversityChina 66.412.6%46.6×56 +89.6%
3Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 66.119.7%7.1×40 +33.0%
4Shenzhen UniversityChina 65.011.0%14.6×52 +14.1%
5University of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyChina 64.213.7%23.8×50 +43.9%
6Hunan UniversityChina 61.522.0%7.0×24 +59.0%
7University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa 60.826.2%10.1×21 -24.7%
8University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 58.814.0%4.6×36 +37.2%
9Shanxi UniversityChina 58.116.3%20.4×26 +53.0%
10Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 55.321.4%3.0×12 +60.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics, country by country

Is Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics9.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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